You may use copyrighted material in multimedia presentations if they observe quantity limits. · Film, video, TV: 10% or 3 minutes · Text: 10% or 1,000 words (This includes prose, poetry and drama.) · Music, lyrics, music video: Up to 10%, no more than 30 seconds. · Illustrations, cartoons, photographs: “A work may be used in its entirety, but only if no more than five images from a single artist or photographer are used in a multimedia work. If images are taken from a single collective work, no more than 10% or 15 images may be used.” · Computer databases or spreadsheets: Up to 10% or 2,500 fields or cells, whichever is less. (copyrighted material)
You can use copyrighted material if it supports direct instruction.
You may keep the multimedia products created for class, but you have a two-year limit from its first use in the classroom. After that time permission is needed for each portion of the work.
You must acknowledge all copyrighted work with a specific format of bibliography or mediagraphy.
Alterations of the work used must be clearly indicated.
All sources used in multimedia works must have attribution and be used for educational support in our classrooms. Fair Use Guidelines are more in keeping with those for audiovisual (Section 110) and print guidelines. They do not support the recreational activities we’ve discussed.
You may use copyrighted material in multimedia presentations if they observe quantity limits.
· Film, video, TV: 10% or 3 minutes
· Text: 10% or 1,000 words (This includes prose, poetry and drama.)
· Music, lyrics, music video: Up to 10%, no more than 30 seconds.
· Illustrations, cartoons, photographs: “A work may be used in its entirety, but only if no more than five images from a single artist or photographer are used in a multimedia work. If images are taken from a single collective work, no more than 10% or 15 images may be used.”
· Computer databases or spreadsheets: Up to 10% or 2,500 fields or cells, whichever is less. (copyrighted material)
You can use copyrighted material if it supports direct instruction.
You may keep the multimedia products created for class, but you have a two-year limit from its first use in the classroom.
After that time permission is needed for each portion of the work.
You must acknowledge all copyrighted work with a specific format of bibliography or mediagraphy.
Alterations of the work used must be clearly indicated.
All sources used in multimedia works must have attribution and be used for educational support in our classrooms.
Fair Use Guidelines are more in keeping with those for audiovisual (Section 110) and print guidelines. They do not support the
recreational activities we’ve discussed.
Use of copyrighted work must be cited. It must include:
· Author
· Title
· Publisher
· Place of Publication
· Copyright symbol©
· Year of first publication
· Name of the copyright holder
Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia provides a full text and information.
Simpson, Carol. Copyright For Schools, A Practical Guide.